Combination telephone-support and chair



H. M NEILL. I COMBINATION .TELEPHONE SUPPORT AND CHAIR.

' APPLlCA TION min Nov. 26. 1911. '1 ,3 1 3,494. I Patented Aug. '19, 1919.

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HARRY MONEILL, 0F SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR 'IO MIONEILL CHAIR COMPANY, OF SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN.

COMBINATION TELEPHONE-SUPPORT AND CHAIR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 19, 1919.

Application filed November 26, 1917. Serial N 0. 203,970.

articles thereon and has for its principal object to provide a chair of this character having its back support terminating approximately the same height from the floor as the enlarged arm thereby allowing free movement of the occupants arm.

Another object is to provide a chair of this nature with means secured to its enlarged arm for securing a telephone thereto.

The invention in one practical form in which it may be embodied is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a chair embodying the feature of my invention, and Fig. 2 is a detail sectional view through a portion of the enlarged arm to show the manner of attaching a telephone thereto.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, the chair 1 has one of its forward legs extended upwardly past the seat portion for the support of an enlarged arm 2 which at its rearward end is secured to the back support member 3. It will be noted as shown in Fig. 1 that the back portion 3 extends approximately the same height from the floor as the enlarged arm 2 thereby permitting free backward movement of the occupants arm in order that full use of the arm member 2 may behad.

Secured to the side of the arm member 2 by means of screws or other suitable fastoning means is a resilient wire clamp 4 which is bent upwardly and laterally having an enLrged loop 5 formed at its extreme lateral end for the reception of the Y pedestal of the ordinary desk telephone.

allow a secure grip upon the pedestal of the telephone, but also, cause a downward pressure of the lateral portion of the clamp upon the base of the telephone thereby holding the' telephone securely to the arm member 2.

As shown in the drawings I have provided a rack 6 disposed beneath the seat portion of the chair that can conveniently be used for the telephone directory which in most circumstances accompanies the telephone. From the foregoing description it will be seen that I have constructed a simple and economical chair and telephone support combined thereby doing away with the separate stand which is now in common use for holding the telephone and directory.

What is claimed is As a new, article of manufacture, a tele phone clamp adapted to be secured to a support and comprising a single piece of re-' silient wire bent upon itself midway between its ends to provide a pair of arms, the portions of said arms immediately adjacent said bend being bent away from each other to form an enlarged loop for the reception of a telephone stand, the free end portions of said arms intermediate their ends and said enlarged loop being bent laterally in the same direction, the extremities of the laterally turned portions of said arms being provided with attaching eyes disposed in the same plane therewith, said eyes and said laterally turned portions being closer together than the enlarged loop to retain the telephone stand in the latter, they being adapted to move apart to receive said telephone stand in the loop before the eyes are se cured to a support.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my handa-t Sheboygan, in the county of Sheboygan and State of Wisconsin.

HARRY MoNEILL.

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